Privatisation of services
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- Is debt relief in Mali worth the cost?
- ( M., D. Huse / European Network on Debt and Development , 2007)
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In the last three years, Mali’s debt stock has been reduced significantly as a result of the country’s participation in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative and later o...
- Is the time right to privatise Afghanistan’s state owned enterprises?
- ( A. Paterson; J. Blewett / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit , 2006)
- This report discusses the privatisation of Afghanistan’s state owned enterprises (SOEs). The report argues that the privatisation of SOEs may be premature as other economic reforms need to be implemen...
- Public and private sector ideologies compared
- ( I. Khan / Eldis Document Store , 2006)
- This paper reviews the theoretical underpinnings of the debate on the superiority of the public or private sector, and supports theoretical perspectives with help from empirical literature on the subj...
- What determines the number of private water and sanitation projects in developing countries?
- ( O. Jensen; F. Blanc-Brude / World Bank , 2006)
- This paper uses a new dataset, "WATSAN," of private sector participation (PSP) projects for water and sanitation in developing countries to examine the determinants of the number of projects signed fo...
- Effects of water privatisation on the poor
- ( J. Magdahl / Development Fund, Norway , 2006)
- This document discusses three main themes: how privatisation has been promoted by international financial institutions and other donors as a strategy for financing water services; the effects on the p...
- Assessing the past and future of privatisation for developing countries fo the Middle East and North Africa
- ( J. Nellis / Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Egypt , 2006)
- Global privatisation goes back 25 years, but to what extent has the sale of state-owned enterprises to the private sector improved welfare? And what are the possible implications for the Middle East a...
- The consequences of water privatisation: a strain on the poor
- ( ActionAid International , 2005)
- Poor countries are under intense pressure in the World Trade Organization's GATS negotiations to open their service markets and "progressively liberalise" key sectors – such as water delivery – to for...
- Making GATS work for developing countries
- ( OECD Development Centre , 2005)
- This paper argues that an efficient services sector is crucial for the overall economy. And because of this, agreement on opening up services markets is crucial to the success of the current global tr...
- Increasing market efficiency through liberalization in Chile
- ( R. Fischer; P. González; P. Serra / Global Development Network , 2003)
- The privatization of social services in Chile began in 1981. This reform of social services created a system where there is competition between private providers, although the State kept a regulatory ...
- How can negative impacts of water privatisation be minimised?
- ( N. Alexander / Citizens Network on Essential Services, USA , 2005)
- In recent years there has been growing pressure from the World Bank and other major International Financial Institutions on governments todownsize, decentralise, and privatise (or “contract out”) the...
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